Water-closet



(No Model.)

W. Ls. COOPER.

WATER GLOSBT.

Patented June 26, 1888.

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j citizen of the United States, and a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. have lUNITED STATES? PATENTy OFFICE.

WILLIAM s. o'ooPER, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

wATE'R-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,16-8, dated I une 26, 1888. Y

Application filed Mart-h 5, 18H7.`

To all whom it may concern: Y.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. COOPER, a resident'of invented certain Imprvements in Watcr- Closets, of which the following is a specification. y

The object of my invention is to provide means for hinging the lid or seat of a watercloset to the earthenware bowl vwithout riskof breakage of the latter, due to the strain upon vthe hinge. This object I attain in the manner Iwhich I will now proceed .to-describef'refe fence being had to the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lvratercloset bowl with seat hinged thereto in accord' ance with my invention, the seat being shown in the raised p osition.V Fig. 2 is a longitud-v I nal section on an enlarged scale, showing vthe means adopted for secu ring the hinge-plate to' the earthenware bowl; and Fig. 3 is a similar section, showing a modification.

In `carrying ont my invention I secure to each side ofthe bowl A of the closet a plate, B, having aprojecting pin, b, which is adapted to a socket, d, cna plate, D, secured tothelid or seatF ofthe closet. A lateral opening. or recess, e, is formed in each of the side walls of the bowl A for the reception of'lhe'deviees whereby the hinge-plates are secured to said bowl. Asshown in Fig. 2, thesedevices com-l prise a ring,f, and a bolt,g, having a beveled head, h, between which and the ring is clamped a flexible bushing, i, ot rubber or equivalent material, thcstem of thebolt passing through anA opening in the plate Band receiving a nut, k, which bears upon the onterlaee ol' the plate. Op screwing up this nut the bolt g is drawn outward and the flexible bushing z' is clamped between the beveled head vof the bolt and the Serial No. 2251.756. (No model.)

jbo'wl A of the closet through the medium' ot" an interposedelastic bushing, so that the bowl ycannot be subjected to such injurious shocks or jarsj. as would tend to fracture'thesame. l

ring f,"` thus effecting the lateral expansion ot saidring and the pressurev of the same `against In Eig. 3 Ihave shown another'onstrl' tion, in-which the hinge plate has an :in wardly- L projecting threaded stem adaptedfto a beveled the walls of the opening.

When itfis not desired to use-the ring f, the

41.Thecombination oftheec'essed bowl of a water closet, a. hinge-plate, a securing-bolt therefor, having .ahead oruut contained within,said'grece'ss,I and an elastic bushing suhjectedzto thefpressure of said head or nut and expanded thereby against thewalls ofthe re" -v cess, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of thebowl oi' a watercloset having a recesstherein, a hin"e-plate, a ring, a bolti'orsecuring the hiuge-pate, and

panded thereby gainst the walls all substantially as specified.4

In testimony whereof I have signedgmy name to this specification inthe presencejof twolsub'- scribing witnesses.

of the recess,

Y WM.' s. C QPER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. DONNER, HARRY SMITH.'

v:inelastic bushing compressed between said ring aud the h'e'ad or mit of the bolt, and ex 

